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Pizza Hut VP addresses consumer confidence crisis at marketing conference
October 28, 2009
Bob Kraut, vice president of marketing communications with Pizza Hut, offered solutions for what he called the crisis of consumer confidence at yesterday's…
read nowPapa John's to hold Facebook contest during busy Halloween delivery schedule
October 28, 2009
While the National Retail Federation predicts a drop in Halloween costume and candy sales this year, Papa John's is anything but scared, anticipating a big…
read nowSurvey reveals restaurant operators are cautiously optimistic
October 28, 2009
U.S. restaurateurs are cautiously optimistic about the future and concerned about inflationary trends in commodity and labor costs for the remainder of 2009…
read nowPizza Hut announces online shopping mall initiative
October 27, 2009
Pizza Hut has announced the launch of BlastOffNetwork.com, a Web site that provides online shoppers value and financial rewards. By signing up through…
read nowExtreme Pizza teams with online referral campaign company
October 27, 2009
San Francisco-based Extreme Pizza has collaborated with eMarketing solution provider eWORDofMOUTH to deploy both global and localized online referral and…
read nowTraditional media like direct mail still best for pizza delivery outlets
October 27, 2009
Traditional media influenced more than 30 percent of recently surveyed pizza consumers, while online media like restaurant Web sites were the most influential…
read nowNPD: Foodservice traffic declines for fourth consecutive quarter
October 26, 2009
Summer is historically a peak season for the foodservice industry, but this past summer the industry realized its fourth consecutive quarter of traffic…
read nowFull-service restaurants stopped their freefall in September, report says
October 26, 2009
After perhaps the worst market conditions the restaurant industry has seen in nearly 20 years, full-service restaurants saw some sign of improvement in…
read nowNew Marco's Pizza LED lights cut lighting energy use in half
October 26, 2009
New Marco's Pizza franchise restaurants across Georgia that have been fitted with LED lights reported a roughly 50 percent decrease in lighting energy use.
read nowNew, broader study finds menu labeling does affect purchases
October 26, 2009
Earlier this month, a New York University study found that menu labeling did not necessarily impact consumers' ordering in poor neighborhoods in New York…
read nowPizza Hut continues foray into the gaming world
October 26, 2009
Pizza Hut is further pursing its strategy for exposure in the gaming world stateside. Earlier this month, sources announced the company's cameo in Japan's…
read nowFrozen pizza keeps Kraft Foods strong
October 25, 2009
Kraft Foods Inc. will report its third quarter results on Nov. 3. But some preliminary numbers show that frozen pizza has been a winner for the company, even…
read nowDomino's offers mini games with medium pizzas
October 25, 2009
Domino's has teamed up with Hasbro to bring families across America back together for Hasbro's Family Game Night. The majority of Domino's medium pizza boxes…
read nowSecond NYPD Pizza franchise location opens in Utah
October 25, 2009
NYPD Pizza, the New York-style pizzeria headquartered in Orlando, Fla., is expanding in Utah. The new Layton, Utah, location is the second pizzeria to open…
read nowCommodities update -- Week of Oct. 26, 2009
October 25, 2009
Block cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange averaged slightly under $1.45 per pound, down 3 cents from the previous week's record high. Block…
read nowNational Restaurant Association fights for tax provision
October 22, 2009
The Depreciation Fairness Coalition, led by the National Restaurant Association, has sent a letter to each member of the U.S. Congress urging an extension of…
read nowPizza Hut hires 'Twintern,' solitics title via Twitter
October 22, 2009
Pizza Hut is turning to its Twitter and Facebook fans to help name their Twintern-turned-full-timer. This summer, Pizza Hut made national headlines when the…
read nowFranchise compensation report released
October 22, 2009
The "Franchise Compensation Report for 2010" has been released by FRANdata and includes compensation details about a wide range of positions at franchisors…
read nowBJ's reports 55 percent increase in net income per share for Q3
October 22, 2009
BJ's Restaurants Inc. increased total revenue for the third quarter ended Sept. 29, but had a small dip in same-store sales compared with last year's Q…
read nowNew iPhone app locates and rates wings
October 21, 2009
Kluckr Communications has announced the launch of an iPhone app that could appeal to chicken wing connoisseurs nationwide. The 99 cent Kluckr app rates…
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